1928 Summer Olympics / Boxing

Boxing at the 1928 Olympics
information
venue	Amsterdam
Competition venue	Krachtsportgebouw
Nations	29
Athletes	144 (144 men)
date	7-11 August 1928
decisions	8th
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With the IX. At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam , eight boxing competitions were held. The venue was the Krachtsportgebouw , a temporary building built by Jan Wils next to the Olympic Stadium .

Balance sheet

Krachtsportgebouw

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Italy	3	-	1	4th
2	Argentina	2	2	-	4th
3	Netherlands	1	-	1	2
4th	New Zealand	1	-	-	1
5	Hungary	1	-	-	1
6th	United States	-	2	1	3
7th	Sweden	-	1	1	2
8th	German Empire	-	1	-	1
	France	-	1	-	1
	Czechoslovakia	-	1	-	1
11	Belgium	-	-	1	1
	Denmark	-	-	1	1
	Canada	-	-	1	1
	South African Union	-	-	1	1

Medalist

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
Flyweight	Antal Kocsis	Armand Apell	Carlo Cavagnoli
Bantamweight	Vittorio Tamagnini	John Daley	Harry Isaacs
Featherweight	Bep van Klaveren	Victor Peralta	Harold Devine
lightweight	Carlo Orlandi	Stephen Halaiko	Gunnar Berggren
Welterweight	Ted Morgan	Raúl Landini	Raymond Smillie
medium weight	Piero Toscani	Jan Heřmánek	Leonard Steyaert
Light heavyweight	Víctor Avendaño	Ernst Pistulla	Karel Miljon
Heavyweight	Arturo Rodríguez Jurado	Nils Arvid Ramm	Michael Michaelsen

Results

Fly weight (up to 50.80 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	HUN	Antal Kocsis
2	FRA	Armand Apell
3	ITA	Carlo Cavagnoli
4th	RSA	Henry Lebanon
5	GER	Hubertäböck
	NED	Ben Bril
	MEX	Alfredo Gaona
	GBR	Cuthbert Taylor
17th	LUX	Jean Kieffer

Date: 7th to 11th August 1928
19 participants from 19 countries

Bantam weight (up to 53.52 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Vittorio Tamagnini
2	United States	John Daley
3	RSA	Harry Isaacs
4th	IRL	Frank Traynor
5	GBR	Jack Garland
	CAN	Vincent Glionna
	ARG	Carmelo Robledo
	HUN	János Széles
9	GER	Hans Ziglarski

Date: 7th to 11th August 1928
18 participants from 18 countries

Feather weight (up to 57.15 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	NED	Bep van Klaveren
2	ARG	Victor Peralta
3	United States	Harold Devine
4th	BEL	Lucien Biquet
5	FRA	Georges Boireau
	POLE	Jan Górny
	GBR	Frederick Perry
	FIN	Kaarlo Väkeva
9	GER	Elmer Kloos

Date: 7th to 11th August 1928
18 participants from 18 countries

Lightweight (up to 61.24 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Carlo Orlandi
2	United States	Stephen Halaiko
3	SWE	Gunnar Berggren
4th	THE	Hans Jacob Nielsen
5	NED	David Baan
	RHO	Cecil Bissett
	ARG	Pascual Bonfiglio
	CHI	Jorge Díaz
9	LUX	Mathias Sancassiani
	GER	Franz Dübbers

Date: 7th to 11th August 1928
24 participants from 24 countries

Welter weight (up to 66.68 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	NZL	Ted Morgan
2	ARG	Raúl Landini
3	CAN	Raymond Smillie
4th	FRA	Robert Galataud
5	NED	Cornelis Blommers
	ITA	Romano Caneva
	FIN	Johan Hellström
	JPN	Kintaro Usuda
17th	GER	Hans Fraberger
	LUX	Albert Nut
	GER	William Walther

Date: 7th to 11th August 1928
22 participants from 22 countries

Middle weight (up to 72.57 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	ITA	Piero Toscani
2	TCH	Jan Heřmánek
3	BEL	Leonard Steyaert
4th	GBR	Frederick Malin
5	IRL	John Chase
	ARG	Humberto Curi
	United States	Harry Henderson
	SWE	Oscar Kjallander
9	GER	Albert Leidmann
	LUX	Georges Pixius

Date: 7th to 11th August 1928
17 participants from 17 countries

Light heavyweight (up to 79.38 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	ARG	Víctor Avendaño
2	GER	Ernst Pistulla
3	NED	Karel Miljon
4th	RSA	Donald McCorkindale
5	CAN	Donald Carrick
	GBR	Alfred Jackson
	IRL	William Murphy
	LTU	Juozas Vinča
9	LUX	Jean Welter

Date: 7th to 11th August 1928
16 participants from 16 countries

Heavyweight (over 79.38 kg)

space	country	athlete
1	ARG	Arturo Rodríguez Jurado
2	SWE	Nils Arvid Ramm
3	THE	Michael Michaelsen
4th	NOR	Sverre Sørsdal
5	FRA	Georges Gardebois
	United States	Alexander Kaletchitz
	NED	Sam Olij
	GER	Hans Schönrath

Date: 7th to 11th August 1928
10 participants from 10 countries

Web links

• Boxing at the 1928 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1928 Summer Olympics (PDF, 77.8 MB)